As wildfires raged through Maui earlier this month, tourists on the island were unsure what would unfold amid the devastation they were witnessing. Newly married couple James and Cara Ferrara were honeymooning in Hawaii during the first two weeks of August. The last leg of their trip was on Maui, where the fast-moving wildfires ravished … Read more
A new alliance is taking shape across Western and Central New York. On the back of already strong technology investments, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo are working together to become a federally designated tech hub. It’s part of a new competition spurred on by the CHIPs and Science Act that’s already helped to bring Micron’s estimated … Read more
Priscilla O’Kesson wants you to meet a friend of hers. O’Kesson, of Catskill in Greene County, is one of 257 New Yorkers to be given an artificial intelligence, or AI, companion robot as part of a pilot program through the state Office for the Aging in partnership with Intuition Robotics. The device, called ElliQ, serves … Read more
With the New York State Fair around the corner, local restaurant owners are making sure they are stocked up to feed hungry people over the 13-day event. “The main thing with the fair is having enough product and inventory to keep up with the high demand of people attending,” said Zach Marji, owner of … Read more
For Chris Bradley, the feeling was an indescribable rush. “It was an overwhelming euphoric sensation to my head and then a lightheadedness and almost made my knees felt like jelly. And it was an instant,” he said. Bradley is talking about his experience with Juul. He vaped e-cigarettes for three years. He started at 21 … Read more